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Famous people · Bay St. Louis

Bay St. Louis’ famous people span 102 years: 8 births from 1898 to 2000

The best known is the african American sculptor Richmond Barthé, with articles in 10 languages. Behind the leader come Tolu Smith and Albert J. Raboteau. Richmond Barthé, the best known, was born in 1901. Only 60 of the 269 towns in Mississippi with anyone on record list more.

#1 best knownRichmond BarthéWriting & Arts · 1901–1989
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Born here
8
notable people
Best known
Richmond Barthé
in 10 Wikipedia languages
First
1898
Leo Fabian Fahey
Youngest
2000
Tolu Smith
Most common field
Sports
3 people

What stands out about Bay St. Louis’ famous people

★ What stands out · Through the years

When Bay St. Louis’s famous people were born

No decade has more births than the 1900s, at 2.

Mills & railroadsThe American centuryToday190019502000Richmond BarthéTolu Smith
SportsPolitics & LawWriting & ArtsScience & MedicineFaith

Each dot is a person, stacked by the decade they were born.

The best known

Born in Bay St. Louis

Richmond Barthé has articles in 10 languages, Tolu Smith in 9 and Albert J. Raboteau in 5.

Richmond Barthé#1
Writing & Arts

Richmond Barthé

1901–1989

African American sculptor

10 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Tolu Smith#2
Sports

Tolu Smith

born 2000

American basketball player

9 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
AR#3
Science & Medicine

Albert J. Raboteau

1943–2021

American academic

5 Wikipedia languagesRead more ↗
Known for

What Bay St. Louis is known for

Share of Bay St. Louis’s famous people in each field.

The usual town: the share across everyone born in the towns gathered so far. Tap a field to see its people.

Everyone

Everyone else born in Bay St. Louis

Here are 5 more, born from 1898 to 1972.

LN

Leo Norris

1908–1987

American baseball player

SG

Shannon Garrett

born 1972

Canadian football player

WI

Walter J. Gex III

1939–2020

United States federal judge

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
PM

Philip Moran

born 1961

American politician

Politics & LawWikipedia ↗
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The neighbour with a name on record is Waveland.

From Wikidata and Wikipedia: people whose birthplace is Bay St. Louis and whose English Wikipedia article agrees, ranked by how many Wikipedia languages cover each person. People known mainly for crimes, and adult performers, aren’t listed. “The usual town” = everyone born in the towns gathered so far.

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